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| Upheld the status of an escaped slave who resided in slavory forbidden territory as a slave. | ||
| Upheld De Jure Segregation law of Lousiana. | ||
| Held that "Seperate, but Equal" was not constitutional | ||
| Upheld Executive Order 9906, under the belief that the need to protect against espionage outweighed Koramtsu's rights. | ||
| Held that laws upon gender classifications were unconstitutional and thus overturned an oklahoma law stating that it was unlawful so sell beer to a male under the age of 21, and to a female under the age of 18. | ||
| Held that a racial quota system for any institution is considered unlawful, however, upheld the rejection of Bakke to University of California. | ||
| Held that the presumption of disadvantage based on race alone, and consequent allocation of favored treatment, is unconstitutional under the due process clause law of the fifth amendment. | ||
| established that an anti homosexual sodomy law was unconstitutional. | ||
| Held that the criminalization of Same-sex couples was unconstitutional under the 14th amendment. | ||
| Established that a right to privacy does exist due to 1st 3rd and 9th amendments, as well as patient-doctor privacy involving the consultation of medical contraceptives. | ||
| Established that the state government may not regulate abortion in any way during 1st trimester, and allowed for some regulation during 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. | ||
| reaffirmed Roe v Wade but upheld certain limits on its use | ||
| federal government can't use Controlled Substance Act to halt Oregon's Death with Dignity Act | ||
| Upheld constitutionality of Congress being able to regulate business practices that involve race. |
